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Megan Gorrey

STORY ANGLES - Focuses on NSW and Sydney-centric politics, public safety, and civic life, especially where policy meets lived experience. - Prioritises breaking news and crisis coverage (terror attacks, shootings), with attention to societal and political fallout.

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Indexed articles, last 90 days
6
Latest publication
Sep 17, 2026
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Top 10K sites
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Jul 7, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Megan Gorrey

    Clover Moore lashes NSW government’s ‘extraordinary’ intervention in Town Hall square (opens the original)

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    City of Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore has accused the NSW government of attempting to block a controversial $150 million plan to raze seven buildings for a new civic square, after Planning Minister Paul Scully sought independent advice on whether he should seize control of the project. Citing the cost and prominent location of the council’s long-vaunted Town Hall square, Scully on Wednesday intervened by referring the project to the NSW Independent Planning Commission (IPC) for advice on whethe

  2. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Megan Gorrey

    3000 homes, 25-storey towers: The plan to transform the ‘heart’ of the northern beaches (opens the original)

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    The northern beaches skyline would be transformed under plans to send buildings skywards in Brookvale, boosting the number and height of residential towers in the largely industrial area. Buildings could soar to 25 storeys under the Northern Beaches Council’s draft Brookvale precinct planning proposal, which would almost double its previous housing targets for the suburb to nearly 3000 homes. The revised proposal includes the Warringah Mall shopping centre site, which retail giant Scentre Group

  3. Article · Aug 29, 2026 · Megan Gorrey

    Sydney developer’s $3.3b collapse sparks ‘contagion’ fears across housing sector (opens the original)

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    The NSW government is facing urgent calls to intervene and ensure the completion of unbuilt homes following the collapse of a major Sydney developer, amid growing concerns of a “contagion” effect across the state’s housing sector. Bathla Group entered voluntary administration last Monday, owing debts of more than $3.3 billion. The company’s collapse plunged hundreds of home buyers into limbo over dozens of residential developments, mostly in Sydney’s fast-growing outer suburbs and in the Illawar

  4. Article · Aug 10, 2026 · Megan Gorrey

    First look at the divisive plans for Sydney’s $150m Town Hall square (opens the original)

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    The City of Sydney is forging ahead with plans to bulldoze seven buildings opposite Town Hall to create a $150 million civic square featuring native trees and water fountains, new designs reveal, despite a backlash over the project’s cost and scale. Lord Mayor Clover Moore’s council in February voted to accelerate demolition of the buildings, including Woolworths supermarket, to make way for the long-promised public plaza at the corner of George, Park and Pitt streets in the heart of the central

  5. Article · Aug 7, 2026 · Megan Gorrey

    Death threats, doxxing and deepfakes: How online abuse hampers women in politics (opens the original)

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    You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. When Animal Justice Party MP Georgie Purcell picked up her phone moments after she was elected to Victoria’s upper house in 2022, one of the first messages she read was from a man calling her a whore on social media platform X. Purcell says the barrage of online hatred and harassment – from sexist slurs about how she looks or what she wears, to death threats and threats of sexual violence – has no

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